5577 lines
112 KiB
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5577 lines
112 KiB
JSON
{
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"as far as":{
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"having to do with":{
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"examples":[
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"as far as a menu for the event, I haven't given it any thought"
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],
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"related":[
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"over"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"about",
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"apropos",
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"apropos of",
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"as for",
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"as regards",
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"as respects",
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"as to",
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"concerning",
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"of",
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"on",
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"regarding",
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"respecting",
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"touching",
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"toward",
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"towards"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"preposition"
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]
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},
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"ascertain":{
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"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
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"was immediately able to ascertain that the girl was uncomfortable talking about her life at home"
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],
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"miss",
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"overlook",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"forget",
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"unlearn",
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"blanket",
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"blot out",
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"cover",
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"curtain",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"occult",
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"screen",
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"shroud",
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"veil"
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],
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"related":[
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"tumble (to)",
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"descry",
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"detect",
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"encounter",
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"espy",
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"spot",
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"calculate",
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"dope (out)",
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"figure out",
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"find",
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"puzzle (out)",
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"discern",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"observe",
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"perceive",
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"divine"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catch on (to)",
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"discover",
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"find out",
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"get on (to)",
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"hear",
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"learn",
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"realize",
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"see",
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"wise (up)"
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]
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},
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"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
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"antonyms":[
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"miss",
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"overlook",
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"pass over"
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],
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"examples":[
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"ascertained that their old colonial-era house had once functioned as a tavern"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lose",
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"mislay",
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"misplace",
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"misset"
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],
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"related":[
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"espy",
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"sight",
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"spot",
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"look for",
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"search (for or out)",
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"seek"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"descry",
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"detect",
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"determine",
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"dig out",
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"dig up",
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"discover",
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"dredge (up)",
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"ferret (out)",
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"find",
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"find out",
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"get",
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"hunt (down or up)",
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"learn",
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"locate",
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"nose out",
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"root (out)",
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"rout (out)",
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"rummage",
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"run down",
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"scare up",
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"scout (up)",
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"track (down)",
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"turn up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ascertaining":{
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"to come to an awareness of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"was immediately able to ascertain that the girl was uncomfortable talking about her life at home"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"missing",
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"overlooking",
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"disregarding",
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"ignoring",
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"forgetting",
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"unlearning",
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"blanketing",
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"blotting out",
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"covering",
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"curtaining",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"occulting",
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"screening",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling"
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],
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"related":[
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"hitting (on or upon)",
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"tumbling (to)",
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"descrying",
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"detecting",
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"encountering",
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"espying",
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"spotting",
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"calculating",
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"doping (out)",
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"figuring out",
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"finding",
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"puzzling (out)",
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"discerning",
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"minding",
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"noting",
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"observing",
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"perceiving",
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"divining"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catching on (to)",
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"discovering",
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"finding out",
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"getting on (to)",
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"hearing",
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"learning",
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"realizing",
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"seeing",
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"wising (up)"
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]
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},
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"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
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"antonyms":[
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"missing",
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"overlooking",
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"passing over"
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],
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"examples":[
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"ascertained that their old colonial-era house had once functioned as a tavern"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"losing",
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"mislaying",
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"misplacing",
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"missetting",
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"mis-setting"
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],
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"related":[
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"espying",
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"sighting",
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"spotting",
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"looking for",
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"searching (for or out)",
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"seeking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"descrying",
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"detecting",
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"determining",
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"digging out",
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"digging up",
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"discovering",
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"dredging (up)",
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"ferreting (out)",
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"finding",
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"finding out",
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"getting",
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"hitting (on or upon)",
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"hunting (down or up)",
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"learning",
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"locating",
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"nosing out",
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"rooting (out)",
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"routing (out)",
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"rummaging",
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"running down",
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"scaring up",
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"scouting (up)",
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"tracking (down)",
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"turning up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ashy":{
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"lacking a healthy skin color":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blooming",
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"florid",
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"flush",
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"full-blooded",
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"glowing",
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"red",
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"rosy",
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"rubicund",
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"ruddy",
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"sanguine"
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],
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"examples":[
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"paramedics knew she was in shock because she was ashy and shaking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blushing",
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"flushed",
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"pink"
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],
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"related":[
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"sallow",
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"sallowish",
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"sick",
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"sickly",
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"waxen",
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"waxy",
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"white",
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"whitened",
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"anemic",
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"bloodless",
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"untanned",
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"whey-faced",
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"white-faced"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ashen",
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"blanched",
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"cadaverous",
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"doughy",
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"livid",
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"lurid",
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"mealy",
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"pale",
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"paled",
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"pallid",
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"pasty",
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"peaked",
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"wan"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"asked":{
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"to make a request of":{
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"examples":[
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"ask the salesclerk for assistance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coerced",
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"compelled",
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"constrained",
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"forced",
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"obliged",
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"required"
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],
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"related":[
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"appealed (to)",
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"begged",
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"beseeched",
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"besought",
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"conjured",
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"entreated",
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"implored",
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"importuned",
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"invited",
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"invoked",
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"petitioned",
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"pleaded (to)",
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"pled (to)",
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"plead (to)",
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"prayed",
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"supplicated",
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"demanded",
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"enjoined",
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"exacted",
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"pressed",
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"required"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hit (up)",
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"requested",
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"solicited"
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]
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},
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"to put a question or questions to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"answered",
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"replied",
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"responded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rejoined",
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"retorted",
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"commented",
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"observed",
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"remarked",
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"avoided",
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"ducked"
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],
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"related":[
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"besieged",
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"bombarded",
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"cross-examined",
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"cross-questioned",
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"examined",
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"pumped",
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"polled",
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"surveyed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catechized",
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"grilled",
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"inquired (of)",
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"interrogated",
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"queried",
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"questioned",
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"quizzed"
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]
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},
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"to request the presence or participation of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a fixture on the party circuit, that couple is always asking people over for dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"solicited",
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"beckoned",
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"called",
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"summoned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bade",
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"bid",
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"invited"
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]
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},
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"to set or receive as a price":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overcharged",
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"undercharged",
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"brought",
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"fetched",
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"sold (for)",
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"discounted",
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"marked down",
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"marked up",
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"assessed",
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"billed",
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"invoiced",
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"priced",
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"valued"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charged",
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"commanded",
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"demanded"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"asking":{
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"to make a request of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"ask the salesclerk for assistance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coercing",
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"compelling",
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"constraining",
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"forcing",
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"obliging",
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"requiring"
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],
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"related":[
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"appealing (to)",
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"begging",
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"beseeching",
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"conjuring",
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"entreating",
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"imploring",
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"importuning",
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"inviting",
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"invoking",
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"petitioning",
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"pleading (to)",
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"praying",
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"supplicating",
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"demanding",
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"enjoining",
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"exacting",
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"pressing",
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"requiring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hitting (up)",
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"requesting",
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"soliciting"
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]
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},
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"to put a question or questions to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"answering",
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"replying",
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"responding"
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],
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"examples":[
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"my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rejoining",
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"retorting",
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"commenting",
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"observing",
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"remarking",
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"avoiding",
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"ducking"
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],
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"related":[
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"besieging",
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"bombarding",
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"cross-examining",
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"cross-questioning",
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"examining",
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"pumping",
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"polling",
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"surveying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catechizing",
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"grilling",
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"inquiring (of)",
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"interrogating",
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"querying",
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"questioning",
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"quizzing"
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]
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},
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"to request the presence or participation of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a fixture on the party circuit, that couple is always asking people over for dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"soliciting",
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"beckoning",
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"calling",
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"summoning"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bidding",
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"inviting"
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]
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},
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"to set or receive as a price":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overcharging",
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"undercharging",
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"bringing",
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"fetching",
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"selling (for)",
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"discounting",
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"marking down",
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"marking up",
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"assessing",
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"billing",
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"invoicing",
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"pricing",
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"valuing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charging",
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"commanding",
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"demanding"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"asocial":{
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"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"sociable",
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"social",
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"warm"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an asocial and grumpy artist lives alone on the top floor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"boon",
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"clubbable",
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"clubable",
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"clubby",
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"companionable",
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"convivial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"communicative",
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"expansive",
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"garrulous",
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"talkative",
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"affable",
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"folksy",
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"genial",
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"gracious",
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"hospitable",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"congenial",
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"kindly",
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"neighborly"
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],
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"related":[
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"indrawn",
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"introverted",
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"nongregarious",
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"recessive",
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"reclusive",
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"reserved",
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"unsocial",
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"withdrawn",
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"misanthropic",
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"apathetic",
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"hard",
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"indifferent",
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"unconcerned",
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"clinical",
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"dispassionate",
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"impersonal",
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"professional",
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"disinterested",
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"incurious",
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"uninterested",
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"reticent",
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"silent",
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"taciturn",
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"uncommunicative",
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"diffident",
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"shy",
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"timid",
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"cliquey",
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"cliquish",
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"clubbish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aloof",
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"antisocial",
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"buttoned-up",
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"cold",
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"cold-eyed",
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"cool",
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"detached",
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"distant",
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"dry",
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"frosty",
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"offish",
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"remote",
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"standoff",
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"standoffish",
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"unbending",
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"unclubbable",
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"unsociable"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
|
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"aspect":{
|
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"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"depending on what aspect of college life you consider most important, there are several colleges which might be good for you"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"visage",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"version",
|
|
"article",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"dimension",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"angle",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"side"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fixed intent look":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"his aspect was focused on the distant shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"stime",
|
|
"oeillade",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the aspect of a man used to giving orders and seeing them obeyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"comportment",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitus",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"physiognomy",
|
|
"superficies",
|
|
"visage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harbor's northern aspect means that vessels are often exposed to strong winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"arrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"frontage",
|
|
"orientation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"aspects":{
|
|
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"depending on what aspect of college life you consider most important, there are several colleges which might be good for you"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"visages",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"readings",
|
|
"renderings",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fixed intent look":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his aspect was focused on the distant shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"stimes",
|
|
"oeillades",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"observances",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"surveillances",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"perusals",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"surveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"scrutinies",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has the aspect of a man used to giving orders and seeing them obeyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"behaviors",
|
|
"comportments",
|
|
"demeanors",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"habitus",
|
|
"persons",
|
|
"physiognomies",
|
|
"superficies",
|
|
"visages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"miens",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"presences",
|
|
"regards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the harbor's northern aspect means that vessels are often exposed to strong winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposures",
|
|
"frontages",
|
|
"orientations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asphyxiating":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to stop breathing and often to become unconscious and die":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The murder victim was asphyxiated ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assailing":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum-rushing",
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"blitzing",
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"barraging",
|
|
"cannonading",
|
|
"cannoning",
|
|
"banging away (at)",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"foraying",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"flanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"bushwhacking",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"going in (on)",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"setting on",
|
|
"siccing",
|
|
"sicking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"turning (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assails":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union organizers assailed the chemical company for failing to provide a safe working environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the small birds assailed the larger one that had threatened their nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassinate":{
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassinates":{
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassination":{
|
|
"as in hit , execution":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assassins":{
|
|
"a person who kills another person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shot down by an unknown assassin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"torpedoes",
|
|
"triggermen",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"executioners",
|
|
"massacrers",
|
|
"slaughterers",
|
|
"slayers",
|
|
"murderesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"manslayers",
|
|
"murderers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assaultiveness":{
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurses found it difficult to care for the man because of his assaultiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"placability"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assays":{
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poem about a frustrated man's last assay at greatness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a metallurgist did an assay on the metal and determined it contained nickel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"assimilations",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"consolidations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"syntheses",
|
|
"unifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluations",
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"investigations",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"scrutinies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"categorizations",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"codifications",
|
|
"indexings",
|
|
"enumerations",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"itemizations",
|
|
"tabulations",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"segmentations",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"subdivisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"anatomies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"deconstructions",
|
|
"dissections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company assayed a sample of the rock to see if it contained gold in quantities worth mining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"synthesizes",
|
|
"unifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"diagnoses",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"assorts",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"indexes",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schematizes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"subdivides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"deconstructs",
|
|
"dissects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"assaying the task of writing his autobiography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assemblages":{
|
|
"a body of people come together in one place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of onlookers at the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"synods",
|
|
"audiences",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"grandstands",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"ingatherings",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"musters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to sort through the assemblage of ripped wrapping paper and boxes for the missing toy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"backlogs",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumulations",
|
|
"cumuli",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assemblage of brass candlesticks on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"entities",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"units"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"series",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"donated his assemblage of 18th-century miniature paintings to the museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"ragbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"kaleidoscopes",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"phantasmagorias",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"treasure troves",
|
|
"troves",
|
|
"arsenals",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"repertoires",
|
|
"repertories",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"gatherings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"libraries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assembles":{
|
|
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we assembled the club members to decide who would be traveling with whom on the trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"dissolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"calls in",
|
|
"calls out",
|
|
"calls up",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"convokes",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"summons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring together in one body or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"assembled an assortment of fancy desserts for the reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"sends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hives",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"collates",
|
|
"compiles",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"scrapes (up or together)",
|
|
"re-collects",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"regroups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"bulks (up)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"constellates",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together into one body or place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graduates were told to assemble in the cafeteria an hour before the ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"federates",
|
|
"gangs up",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"reconvenes",
|
|
"regathers",
|
|
"remeets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concenters",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"convenes",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"forgathers",
|
|
"foregathers",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rendezvouses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"dismembers",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"tears down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took a lot more time to assemble the model train set than the box said it would"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruinates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"explodes",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carpenters",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"prefabricates",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"reassembles",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"reedifies",
|
|
"retrofits",
|
|
"jerry-builds",
|
|
"rigs (up)",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"confects",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assent":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"gainsay"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear (with)",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assenting":{
|
|
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are we to conclude from your silence that you assent ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing (with)",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"subscribing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asserting":{
|
|
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adducing",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"reasoning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"gainsaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"countering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"purporting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to state clearly and strongly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertive":{
|
|
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some reef fish are assertive in defending their territory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"trigger-happy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"hyperaggressive",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"bare-knuckle",
|
|
"bare-knuckled",
|
|
"bare-knuckles",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"overbearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"nonemphatic",
|
|
"unemphatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of assertive declarations that he would not run for president, he announced he was running"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wishy-washy",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"understated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertively":{
|
|
"as in aggressively , determinedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assertiveness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being forceful (as in expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the assertiveness with which he voices his opinions intimidates some people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"subtlety"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"insistence",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"stridency",
|
|
"vociferousness",
|
|
"absoluteness",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"vividness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"violence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assessing":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"pardoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"wreaking",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"putting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's step back and assess the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"pricing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"reappraising",
|
|
"reassessing",
|
|
"reevaluating",
|
|
"re-evaluating",
|
|
"rejudging",
|
|
"revaluing",
|
|
"transvaluating",
|
|
"transvaluing",
|
|
"misesteeming",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misprizing",
|
|
"underestimating",
|
|
"undervaluing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asset":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rumors persisted that CIA assets were behind the coup d'\u00e9tat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's strong pitching staff has become a real asset in its pursuit of a pennant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"help"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total of one's money and property":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a result of the booming economy, the college's assets grew dramatically over the course of the decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquisition",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asseverations":{
|
|
"a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disavowals"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the reporter's asseverations about journalistic integrity, there is little doubt that he is guilty of fabricating a number of details in his stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disclaimers",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"confutations",
|
|
"disproofs",
|
|
"rebuttals",
|
|
"refutations",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"negations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allegations",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"reaffirmations",
|
|
"reconfirmations",
|
|
"vindications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"insistences",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"protestations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assist":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with an assist from his dad, the youngster built a doghouse any canine would be proud to call home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"straiten",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sponsor",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"associate":{
|
|
"a fellow worker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my associates at the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"copartner",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"confrere",
|
|
"confr\u00e8re",
|
|
"coworker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a number of his associates were members of organized crime, so he was a person of interest to the FBI"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"workmate",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"confidant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"pal",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"classmate",
|
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"housemate",
|
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"messmate",
|
|
"playfellow",
|
|
"playmate",
|
|
"roommate",
|
|
"roomie",
|
|
"schoolmate",
|
|
"shipmate",
|
|
"teammate",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"parasite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"compeer",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"hobnobber",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in secondary , auxiliary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"collude",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"interrelate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consociate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"hook up",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"travel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together to form a single unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"unlink"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elements hydrogen and oxygen associate to form molecules of water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disaffiliate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"splice",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"recombine",
|
|
"reconnect",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link (up)",
|
|
"marry",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nations deciding to associate in order to remove trade barriers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should try to associate with people your own age"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"socialize",
|
|
"step out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she still associates Memorial Day with her long-ago fianc\u00e9, who died in Vietnam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"differentiate",
|
|
"discriminate",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set off"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compare",
|
|
"equate",
|
|
"liken",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"lump (together)",
|
|
"tie (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"correlate",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"relate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuaged":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"ired",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"endeared (to)",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"blarneyed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"sweet-talked",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"dulcified",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"tantalized",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"cloyed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"slaked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuagement":{
|
|
"as in decrease , mitigation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuages":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"endears (to)",
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"dulcifies",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"gentles",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"palliates",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"tantalizes",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"cloys",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"surfeits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"sates",
|
|
"satiates",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"slakes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assuaging":{
|
|
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"endearing (to)",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dulcifying",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"surfeiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"satiating",
|
|
"sating",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"slaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assumptions":{
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the widespread assumption that violent entertainment leads to violent behavior in children",
|
|
"your argument is faulty because it's based on erroneous assumptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"theses",
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"gospels",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"tenets",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"affirmations",
|
|
"assertions",
|
|
"avouchments",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"dicta",
|
|
"dictums",
|
|
"ipse dixits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"givens",
|
|
"hypotheticals",
|
|
"ifs",
|
|
"postulates",
|
|
"premises",
|
|
"premisses",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"suppositions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assure":{
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"pester"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"condole",
|
|
"empathize",
|
|
"sympathize",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"insure",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"assured":{
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who seemed very assured of the outcome of the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assured attorney, he dominates any courtroom proceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolheaded",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"unshaken",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unself-conscious",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-collected",
|
|
"self-composed",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-poised",
|
|
"self-reliant",
|
|
"self-sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's rather assured for a moviemaker with one hit movie to his name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"troubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"pestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"condoled",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"sympathized",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"security measures that assured our safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"vouched",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"guarantied",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asthenia":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"headache, nausea, fever, and asthenia are side effects of the drug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"asthenic":{
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"resistance training can benefit the asthenic individual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"woozy",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"astounded":{
|
|
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were astounded to realize that we were holding the winning lottery ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unruffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"widemouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled with amazement or wonder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astounded look on the tourists' faces when the police ordered them to leave the country immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"marveling",
|
|
"marvelling",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wondering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it astounds me that you flew all the way out here just for my birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"astray":{
|
|
"off the desired or intended path or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aright",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we were led astray by the unfortunate similarity of the two names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"auspiciously",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"promisingly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"suitably"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"wrongly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"unpromisingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afield",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"astronomical":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"unusually large":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a googol is an astronomical number, and the whimsical coinage of the name was intended to suggest that fact"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantesque",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"mega",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"super-duper",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
]
|
|
}
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},
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"aspiration":{
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"eager desire for personal advancement":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a combination of aspiration and hard work made her the top tennis player in the state"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"ambition",
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"ambitiousness",
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"go-getting"
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],
|
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"related":[
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"determination",
|
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"diligence",
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"drive",
|
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"energy",
|
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"enterprise",
|
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"go",
|
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"hustle",
|
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"industry",
|
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"initiative",
|
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"motivation",
|
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"push",
|
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"aggression",
|
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"competitiveness",
|
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"killer instinct",
|
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"opportunism",
|
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"overambitiousness",
|
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"pretentiousness",
|
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"pushiness",
|
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"assertiveness",
|
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"daring",
|
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"spirit",
|
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"ardor",
|
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"avidity",
|
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"eagerness",
|
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"keenness",
|
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"passion",
|
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"avarice",
|
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"greed",
|
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"hunger"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"apathy",
|
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"halfheartedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
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"unconcern",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
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"inertia",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"shiftlessness",
|
|
"sloth"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"college is his immediate aspiration after he graduates from high school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"astringent":{
|
|
"as in hyperacid , puckery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as though":{
|
|
"the way it would be or one would do if":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"as",
|
|
"as if",
|
|
"like"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"conjunction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ascent":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plane broke through some heavy low clouds during its ascent and leveled off once we were above them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascension",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blastoff",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"levitation",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"upsurge",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"upwelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an upward slope":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'd reached the final ascent of the trail to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclivity",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uphill",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"glacis",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his long, gradual ascent into the ranks of management"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"preferment",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"upgrading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"dethronement",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"impeachment",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"removal",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demotion",
|
|
"disrating",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"reduction"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |